The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-25
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,nantion Mr.. Gladstone's being In favor OF
Nome rule for Ireland. II was, Ne your readers
viil recollect, during the brief interval before
the Liberal party returned TO power, and while
lord Carnarvon was Lord Lieutenant OF Ire
land. found that what know from most
certain SOURCES Mr.. Psrnell also knew-that
NJ Gladstone had made up his mind. when
r.stored TO his place at tho head Of the Gov
.snnent. to introduce bill intrustina Ireland
,.ith the management Of her own affairs.
"But Ia public opinion In Great Britain pre-
..,ed TO support or to understand such q
,nassurep p I aueried. And both gentlemen
ssn,led that II was not 1t became . vital and
r,oent necessity. we agreed. to undertake at
ercs in England. Scotland. and Wales regu-
-, intellectual crusade In order to place this
creation Of home rule for Ireland. a. distinct
from total separation. clearly and authorita-
.,,slv before tho British Observation-Disclosures
FRAT ia. 40 understood and meant by the lead
A. POLITICAL and religious. OF the Irish people,
"A vell as by tho Liberal British statesmen
Tho were to father this momentous reform.
The bill for self-governmenti In ireland was.
Al va know, introduced and lost In Parlia-
,rsnt elected BY constituencies not only unon-
Mrhtened on the real nature and scope Of Mr..
Glsdstone's grand proposal. but bitterly op-
nosed TO It because OF the prevailing class and
tsropism by the interruptions and untruthful
the Tory press.
what was then looked upon a. Q misfortune.
throwing back tho doing Of Justice to Irish
slsims for half century. has, b. what I can
not help considering as providential inter-
saranoe. advanced tho cause Of Irish autonomy
nerhaps half century. Great Britain. in her
isneth and breadth. has been suddenly and
yiolently and sadly against tho will Of tho
elasses," Obliged to take up, discuss, and adopt
al fair. reasonable. Just, and wise tho necessity
n Allowing Irishmen to make their own laws,
and 70 manage their own affairs without sever-
inc their oonneption with Great Britain.
Moro even than the discussion and rejection
ofMr. Gladstope's Home Rule bill. the discus
sion, passing. and attempted enforcement OF
The Jubilee Coercion bill. have made the cause
Of Ireland TO, move forward with gigantic
strides. Englishmen. Scotchmen. and Welsh
men have not boon content to read from their
nevrpsoers. at their breakfast table ct homo.
or in their clubs. the daily descriptions Of Irish
syictions, OF Irish misery. and OF misrule
which would seem incredible II attributed to
Turkey or to the Khedives and Psshss Of Egypt
they have been coming over to SEQ for them-
selves, Members Of Parliament. leading mon
Of business. professors In the universities. gen-
tlemsn Of independent fortune and born to
wealth and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., fearless,
and sincerely anxious to learn tho truth
they have been coming at intervals
during the summer. and have gone
pack thoroughly enlightened ON the way Irish
lsndlordism has been mismanaging for cen.
turtles, onlthe dark and crooked methods Of that
UNIQUE class In iniquity and inhumanity. the
Irish land agents, and ON the sufferfn9s. the
heroic endurance. and the many precious vir-
tues and qualities Of the Celtic peasantry Of
Ireland, or what remains In Ireland OF Its once
teeming population.
But since the new Twenty Years" Coercion
act Of Lord Salisbury has been sanctioned By
Queen Victoria, and especially since the Ma
tional League has been proclaimed and ID
threatened with suppression. there has been .
continuous inflow Of visitors from Great Brit
ain, all determined on satisfying themselves
as to tho grounds for the Queens giving Ire
land q stone, whom the disfranchised nation
has been % long asking for bread :,
Much a. Glenssrin is out Of the way Of rail-
road travel, Ensiishmen como and 20 through
it's lofty mountain passes. and tarry for days
and days together amid its mingled grandeur.
natural loyeliness, and unnatural desolation.
to add one MON argument to the many they
have been laying up In favor OF justice to the
Irish people, Of self-government. and OF tho
freedom to develop the magnificent resources
which lie idle all over the land, as they do In
this glorious bay. unvisited from years end to
years end BY tho sail Of single merchantmen
or the smoke Of trading steamer.
have had frequent, conversations with these
conscientious and generous inquirers. con-
vsrsations which have never In single in
stance sought, and which have convinced me
q. AL
In the English mind and heart. a. rapid and as
total as thst which occurs In the st. Lawrence
around Montreal and Quebec when the Ice
bridges suddenly give way before the breath
Of spring. and the great river Is once moro
open to tie ships Of all nations.
In this hotel, Is write to you. are Enelish-
mon visiting Ireland for the first time. whom
the sight Of the wretehed population and Of .
glorious land bled to death BY rack-renting
sbsentees. evictions. and forced emigration
has forever converted from narrow-minded
Toryism to the generous and just views OF
true liberalism. The lesson which the men Of
Glare, with their priests and their represents
tives in Parliament read to Lord Salisbury In
last Sundays proclaimed meeting IL more far
reaching and moro pregnant with mighty con-
sequences than Daniel O'Connells nrst tri-
umph In Glare. which opened the way to
Catholic emancipation.
The men Of Glare. under tho eeneralship Of
William O'Brien. John Dillon. 7. D. Sullivan,
and their own member. Mr.. Coz. have gained
the battle Of public opinion as against coercion.
the battle Of free speech as against tho gagRing
process devised BY Arthur Balfour Co.. for .
whole people. EnGlishmen begin to knowwhat
are the Royal Irish neutrality-suspicious.
also enormous cost. like permanent mill
tary camp In Q conquered oountry-when they
zee hundreds Of these armed rufasns fall upon
smlIed crowded. men. women. boys, and chill
dren. following band Of music In the streets.
and bludgeon them to deathi
Do not fear: the Salisbury Government arc
doing moro at this moment to advance the
cause Of homo rule. sni 70 discredit every
possible argument against 1t, than all the
oratory Of Parnsll and his eighty-six eloquent
and sturdy followers.
And. then. there Is the Archbishop Of Dublin
coming In with his well-timed proposal OF
conference between Irish landlords and their
tenants. No more clever move could be de-
vsed to back up the plan Of campaign. to for
ward the establishment OF o peasant pro-